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it was that failure to be open that cost him and john yates they're careers. what divides the prime minister and the men from the met is oddly what also connects them. both hired former "news of the world" men to improve their image, the former editor, his deputy neil wallace was hired by yates and stevenson. all insist that they knew nothing about hacking. >> welcome, >> thank you very much. >> the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he will return home to make another statement on hacking disputing the holiday by a day. the labor leader says he is incapeable to give the leadership that is required. >> the country needs strong and responsive leadership to restore trust. the prime minister is unable to show that leadership because of the decision he made to andy andy in the first place, because of his failure to answer clear questions about andy, about him being brought into the heart of downing street and also his inexplicable failure to apologize for his terrible error of judgment in hiring andy. >> speaking before the news of john
it was that failure to be open that cost him and john yates they're careers. what divides the prime minister and the men from the met is oddly what also connects them. both hired former "news of the world" men to improve their image, the former editor, his deputy neil wallace was hired by yates and stevenson. all insist that they knew nothing about hacking. >> welcome, >> thank you very much. >> the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he...
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john yates. and then james murdoch, rupert murdoch's son, rupert murdoch himself, rebecca brooks,0oeÑ will be made for tv drama and will go on for hours and will all be televised live on the news channels here. that's day one. and then on wednesday although parliament was supposed to already have been in recess, as you say, david cameron has flown back early from a trip to africa for a special session at which he'll make a statement and answer questions. >> ifill: ned temko, we'll be watching every bit of it. thank you so much. >> woodruff: still to come on the "newshour": president o(hdad a consumer watchdog agency; cruel conditions for mental health patients in indonesia; the countdown for raising the debt ceiling and the remarkable comeback of pianist leon fleisher. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: worries about the debt troubles in the u.s. and europe weighed down wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost 94 points to close at 12,
john yates. and then james murdoch, rupert murdoch's son, rupert murdoch himself, rebecca brooks,0oeÑ will be made for tv drama and will go on for hours and will all be televised live on the news channels here. that's day one. and then on wednesday although parliament was supposed to already have been in recess, as you say, david cameron has flown back early from a trip to africa for a special session at which he'll make a statement and answer questions. >> ifill: ned temko, we'll be...
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john yates, who tendered his resignation. i believe both decisions are regrettable but i'm afraid in both cases, the right call has been made. >> boris johnson insisted both men had jumped and were not pushed but made it abundantly clear he had done everything to encourage them. >> i think it became clear to john yates that the cackny of questions and circumstances will make it very difficult for them to do their jobs in the way that they wanted. >> john yates began the day determined not to resign, telling colleagues he wouldn't submit to trial by media. he ended it, explaining why he was going. >> those of us who take on the most difficult jobs clearly have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. however, when we get things wrong, we say so, and we try to put them right. as i said very recently, it was a matter of great personal regret that those potentially affected by phone hacking were not dealt with appropriately. sadly, there continues to be a huge a inaccurate, ill informed and on occasions downright maliciou
john yates, who tendered his resignation. i believe both decisions are regrettable but i'm afraid in both cases, the right call has been made. >> boris johnson insisted both men had jumped and were not pushed but made it abundantly clear he had done everything to encourage them. >> i think it became clear to john yates that the cackny of questions and circumstances will make it very difficult for them to do their jobs in the way that they wanted. >> john yates began the day...
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that is what cost him and john yates their careers. what divides the prime minister and the man is oddly what connects them. both hired "news of the world" to help improve their image. wallace was hired by yates and stevenson. all of them insist they knew nothing about hacking. the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he is cutting it short to return home to make another statement. the labor leader says he is not capable of giving the leadership required. >> the company needs strong leadership to restore trust in politics, the press, and the police. the prime minister is unable to show that leadership because of the decision he made to hire andy in the first place. he has failed to answer clear questions. there's also his inexplicable failure to apologize for the terrible error of judgment in hiring him. >> david cameron insisted there was no comparison between his behavior and that of the metropolitan police. >> and not believe the situations are the same in any form. in terms of any colson, no one has argued
that is what cost him and john yates their careers. what divides the prime minister and the man is oddly what connects them. both hired "news of the world" to help improve their image. wallace was hired by yates and stevenson. all of them insist they knew nothing about hacking. the prime minister is on an awkwardly timed trip to south africa. he is cutting it short to return home to make another statement. the labor leader says he is not capable of giving the leadership required....
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>> i can't remember every conversation i ever had with john yates. i did meet john yates in a position. i cannot remember how many times. i met him many more times in government and predominantly a discussed with him the issue of terrorism. >> will the prime minister agree one of the biggest episodes would it death of david kelly who was thrown to the media under intolerable pressure and led to his suicide. the investigation will be -- looked back at how that event unfolded? >> the point i make is we have to be careful this inquiry doesn't go completely viral. it has to focus on the issue at hand. the issue of david kelly is it looked at details in terms of the inquiry and this inquiry has got to make progress. >> last week i read in the daily mail the prime minister was about -- after an intervention by rebekah brooks he changed his mind and employed coulson. is that right? >> she specifically rejected that point yesterday. my good friend and colleague the mayor of london doesn't brilliant job. >> i have a question about the conduct of mr. coulson.
>> i can't remember every conversation i ever had with john yates. i did meet john yates in a position. i cannot remember how many times. i met him many more times in government and predominantly a discussed with him the issue of terrorism. >> will the prime minister agree one of the biggest episodes would it death of david kelly who was thrown to the media under intolerable pressure and led to his suicide. the investigation will be -- looked back at how that event unfolded?...
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and we have witnessed john yates. can we have the witness, john yates. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. it came as a surprise to many of us. i'm not saying it is connected in any way that my call to your office that you announced your
and we have witnessed john yates. can we have the witness, john yates. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. it came as a surprise to many of us. i'm not saying it is connected in any way that my call to your office that you announced your
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i don't recall any previous records to john yates being hacked. i may have read it in the newspaper. i don't know. [talking over each other] >> you don't know about individual people but you had it filed a number of names. is that right? >> not at the beginning of the investigation. those names came in after the arrest in august. >> you heard the concern of the committee that what should have happened in that investigation is that all those names should have been thoroughly investigated and also should have been looked at. you were not in a position where john yates had to do his review and subsequently to see this industrial scale of the number of victims of hacking. are you amazed that these names came forward or not? >> i am not amazed. i am not surprised by anything that the media might indulge in or anything day by day. there is a process i hope to describe in a statement to you which took us to the point of the original notification to me through the point of arrest and subsequent action. with which describes how the parameters were arranged
i don't recall any previous records to john yates being hacked. i may have read it in the newspaper. i don't know. [talking over each other] >> you don't know about individual people but you had it filed a number of names. is that right? >> not at the beginning of the investigation. those names came in after the arrest in august. >> you heard the concern of the committee that what should have happened in that investigation is that all those names should have been thoroughly...
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in terms of trash, i'm sure that somebody like john yates, john yates today, who resigned yesterday, the assistant commissioner, hadn't called those 11 bags of information, that had been collected, trash at the time. he called it also, i might add, a crap decision. his words, not mine. on not pursuing, not reopening the case back in 2009. and again under great public pressure, and media pressure, he resigned over the weekend. >> well we know you would never use that kind of language, glad they're his words, not yours, an historic day that rupert murdoch's aides hoped would never come. thanks so much. >>> as the scandal of news corp. grows, s&p 500 said it may cut the company's credit rating, citing business and reputation risks. the agency's warning comes as news corp.'s stock drops to a six-month low, for more on the fullout of rupert murdoch's media empire. we'll check on business with cnbc's steve sedgewick who is in london right now. >> nice to see you, cite incredible. s&p put the pressure on, as if there wasn't enough pressure on rupert murdoch. the moment they've got a triple
in terms of trash, i'm sure that somebody like john yates, john yates today, who resigned yesterday, the assistant commissioner, hadn't called those 11 bags of information, that had been collected, trash at the time. he called it also, i might add, a crap decision. his words, not mine. on not pursuing, not reopening the case back in 2009. and again under great public pressure, and media pressure, he resigned over the weekend. >> well we know you would never use that kind of language, glad...
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conduct of assistant commissioner john yates and his review in july 2009. john yates's alleged involvement in inappropriately securing employment for daughter of a friend believed to be kneel wallace. the conduct of two former senior officers understood to be andy hayman and peter clark and their role in past hacking investigations. the mayor of london said that two top officers resignations have been inevitable. >> there is absolutely nothing that has been proven against the probety or the professionalism of either man. while in both cases we have to recognize that the nexus of questions about the relationship between the met and "the news of the world" was likely to be distracting to both officers in the run-up to the olympic games. >> two chiefs gone in two days. the met is in turmoil tonight. some inside the organization and others who recently left this, is an opportunity to break the ties with the murdoch press. yates has had his critics angry about his closeness to "news international" people and the new broom can't be vigorous enough. >> i'm sure th
conduct of assistant commissioner john yates and his review in july 2009. john yates's alleged involvement in inappropriately securing employment for daughter of a friend believed to be kneel wallace. the conduct of two former senior officers understood to be andy hayman and peter clark and their role in past hacking investigations. the mayor of london said that two top officers resignations have been inevitable. >> there is absolutely nothing that has been proven against the probety or...
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is he honestly saying when it comes to the proposed meeting with the john yates is the leader of the opposition suggesting that he knows better than the chairman of the home secretary than the cabinet secretary than john yates and paul stevenson and all these people including jeremy hayward who by the way who worked diligently for tony blair and gordon brown. is he saying all those people are wrong and he's right? let me just answer the question about sir paul's resignation. i know he set out his resignation in detailed evidence and explained how the situation was so different to the situation in number ten downing street. most of the questions i had asked i had already answered. the role of the chief of staff answered. the role of mr. wallace answered. rupert murdoch said and i quote the politician i was closest to was gordon brown as chancellor. and let us just remember, let us just remember who was the advisor who gordon brown was the chancellor? >> you'll want to hear the answers given their own prime minister. the prime minister. >> and let us just remember, mr. speaker, who was
is he honestly saying when it comes to the proposed meeting with the john yates is the leader of the opposition suggesting that he knows better than the chairman of the home secretary than the cabinet secretary than john yates and paul stevenson and all these people including jeremy hayward who by the way who worked diligently for tony blair and gordon brown. is he saying all those people are wrong and he's right? let me just answer the question about sir paul's resignation. i know he set out...
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the same of course is also true of john yates who was involved in a controversial relationship. >> john yates said at the time these are disgraceful allegations made under parliamentary privilege. they are not too. mr. hayman didn't respond to our questions. >> police officers from other units were leaking information, too, in connection with its diamond price, though it remains unconfirmed. even terror investigations -- >> they said open checkbooks and they were offering very, very good money. i can tell you it was six figures. >> 100,000 pounds plus with these sounds swirling around its logical to assume that other revelations will emerge. spent with us now is for metropolitan police commander who headed up the special protection squad and was in charge of national security vetting. let's deal with the royal question. are you surprised that officer was apparently willing to enter into negotiations to settle a private royal telephone books because i am absolutely devastated that the allegation has been made. royalty protection, the ip protection officers at the various highest level of
the same of course is also true of john yates who was involved in a controversial relationship. >> john yates said at the time these are disgraceful allegations made under parliamentary privilege. they are not too. mr. hayman didn't respond to our questions. >> police officers from other units were leaking information, too, in connection with its diamond price, though it remains unconfirmed. even terror investigations -- >> they said open checkbooks and they were offering...
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yates backed his judgment yesterday indeed as john yates said the offer was properly rejected. the cabinet secretary and the chair of the committee have both backed that judgment, too. next, there is the question as to whether the code was broken in relation to the merger and meetings with news international executives. the cabinet secretary -- >> as we continues, obviously, we are waiting for the head of the labor party to start the grilling. as we listen to david cameron, at least at first blush, he's very good. >> he's excellent. >> at damage control. he will lease his meetings immediately. he looks like he is trying to get in front of this. >> i don't think it's going to cause long-term damage to cameron. i think he is doing extremely well. it's been great to hear him for a moment. the reason there's such energy behind all of this is just such a frustration of the last 30 years, in a sense, of this collusion between the news international and the murdock press and the pressure on these guys. all the successive prime ministers. >> isn't there a collusion among the entire rul
yates backed his judgment yesterday indeed as john yates said the offer was properly rejected. the cabinet secretary and the chair of the committee have both backed that judgment, too. next, there is the question as to whether the code was broken in relation to the merger and meetings with news international executives. the cabinet secretary -- >> as we continues, obviously, we are waiting for the head of the labor party to start the grilling. as we listen to david cameron, at least at...
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indeed as john yates said, the offer was properly and understandably rejected. the cabinet secretary and the chair of the home affairs select committee have both now backed that judgment too. next there is the question as to whether the ministerial code was broken with relation to bskyb merger. the cabinet secretary has ruled very clearly that the code was not broken, not the least because i had asked to be entirely excluded from the decision. next, next, i would like to set the record straight on another question that arose yesterday. whether the conservative party had also employed neil wallace. the conservative party chairman assured all accounts have been gone through and confirmed to me that neither neil wallace nor his company has ever been employed by or contracted by the conservative party, nor has the conservative party made payments to either of them. it has been drawn to our attention -- it has been drawn to our attention he may have provide andy colson with some informal advice on a voluntary basis before election. to the best of my knowledge i didn'
indeed as john yates said, the offer was properly and understandably rejected. the cabinet secretary and the chair of the home affairs select committee have both now backed that judgment too. next there is the question as to whether the ministerial code was broken with relation to bskyb merger. the cabinet secretary has ruled very clearly that the code was not broken, not the least because i had asked to be entirely excluded from the decision. next, next, i would like to set the record straight...
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can i ask you where you think your resignation and the resignation of john yates which we all accept as a shock, leaves the service that you have been involved with for so many years. many years of distinguished service, every person who spoke about you since your resignation referred you as an honorable man and person of integrity. i'm a little bit puzzle why you've resigned bearing in mind you had no involvement with the organization or no involvement of the appointment other than being consulted and didn't do much for you. given that you have resigned, and that's now a fact. where does this leave the mets? >> well, i think there's two issues there. one, where it's leave the mets, and you're puzzled why i resigned. let me say where does it leave the mets. clearly, these are huge events. regrettable events, and i would say that i sincerely regret that mr. yates is gone. i think the work he's done is splendid and poorer for this frankly. the mets has 50,000 people, and the vast majority of the are decent hard working professionals and will be well-led. the interims will work very wel
can i ask you where you think your resignation and the resignation of john yates which we all accept as a shock, leaves the service that you have been involved with for so many years. many years of distinguished service, every person who spoke about you since your resignation referred you as an honorable man and person of integrity. i'm a little bit puzzle why you've resigned bearing in mind you had no involvement with the organization or no involvement of the appointment other than being...
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the committee singled out john yates, that's the senior police officer who was responsible for reviewing the phone hacking investigation. they basically said his review had been, quote, very poor, and he had made a serious misjudgment when he had decided that the police didn't need to investigate this phone hacking scandal any further. that clearly was a mistake in hind sight they pointed out. andy hey mon who was in charge of the original investigation, this report says that investigation was now unprofessional and inappropriate. so some very harsh words. one of the key things that came out of the hearing yesterday was actually john yates said in his testimony that he had tried to flag up some of these issues to downing stleet, to the prime minister's office but was told not to bring it up to the prime minister. you can almost bet that will be brought up in cameron's grilling by lawmakers. >> atika shubert joining us from westminster. many thanks. >>> let's update you on the market action. the uncertainty seems to have lifted from the markets. in asia, most indices ended higher, thanks
the committee singled out john yates, that's the senior police officer who was responsible for reviewing the phone hacking investigation. they basically said his review had been, quote, very poor, and he had made a serious misjudgment when he had decided that the police didn't need to investigate this phone hacking scandal any further. that clearly was a mistake in hind sight they pointed out. andy hey mon who was in charge of the original investigation, this report says that investigation was...
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mayor boris got his information from john yates, the number two police officer in london. john yates, who it just so happens had to resign as the number two police officer in london just this week as did the number one police officer in london, the chief of scotland yard. that is just one of the ways the whole rupert murdoch scandal is getting awkward for politics and its most high-profile politicians, same goes for david cameron, also the leader of the conservative party, and the man he picked to be his communications director was arrested earlier this month. today the conservative party admitted ties to another person arrested in the scandal, advised on political matters in the run-up to the general election by a man named neil wallis. wallis was also arrested last week. in terms of the scale of the criminal behavior at hand and how much the company brass knew about it, the lithe of people we know to have been paid off to keep the story from getting any bigger now includes 700,000 pounds paid to a soccer union boss. one of the conditions of the settlement -- of the payme
mayor boris got his information from john yates, the number two police officer in london. john yates, who it just so happens had to resign as the number two police officer in london just this week as did the number one police officer in london, the chief of scotland yard. that is just one of the ways the whole rupert murdoch scandal is getting awkward for politics and its most high-profile politicians, same goes for david cameron, also the leader of the conservative party, and the man he picked...
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police say his death not considered sus spishus z john yates stepped down just today after his boss, sir paul stevenson. both had come under fire for handeling of a widening scandal involving reporters and executives. >> i've acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. i look forward to the future judge in that enquirery. my role will be examined in a proper and calmer environment. >> despite her weekend arrest, a former "news of the world" editor will testify before british lawmakers tomorrow, her former bosses wibl appearing before that committee. >> and back here, at and t's attempt to offer a new phone, internet and tv service may hit a major road block tomorrow. community groups went to city hall today to urge the board to require an environmental impact report before the telecome giant can install hundreds of boxes on sidewalks. they say the boxes, like this one on folsom street are an eye sore and should be hidden from public view. >> we say put it on private property. and pay rent and do not snatch our sidewalk autos at and t says san francisco wants choice, and
police say his death not considered sus spishus z john yates stepped down just today after his boss, sir paul stevenson. both had come under fire for handeling of a widening scandal involving reporters and executives. >> i've acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. i look forward to the future judge in that enquirery. my role will be examined in a proper and calmer environment. >> despite her weekend arrest, a former "news of the world" editor will...
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former senior police officer john yates is the latest head to roll. now under investigation for his failed review of the police phone hacking investigation and according to the independent police complaints commission allegations of "inappropriately securing employment for the daughter of a friend." yates resigned on monday before the investigation was announced, in a statement to the press he said, though regrets some decisions, his conscience is clear. >> as i said recently it is a matter of great personal regret that those potentially affected by phone hacking were not dealt with appropriately. sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate, ill informed and on occasioned downright malicious gossip being published about me personally. >> reporter: on sunday top cop paul stephenson resigned. just how cozy was the relationship between british police and news international? did police pay and look the other way when it came to phone hacking? according to police documents from news international showed what appears to be "inappropriate paymen
former senior police officer john yates is the latest head to roll. now under investigation for his failed review of the police phone hacking investigation and according to the independent police complaints commission allegations of "inappropriately securing employment for the daughter of a friend." yates resigned on monday before the investigation was announced, in a statement to the press he said, though regrets some decisions, his conscience is clear. >> as i said recently it...
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paul stevenson and john yates have resigned over their handling of the scandal. there was eddy colson out as prime minister david cameron spokesman this year, arrested earlier this month. last hint in chief checktive of dow jones and publisher of the wall street journal is gone. news of the world has been shut down. many observers say john murdoch, is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's prints can be found. >> james murdoch has made it clear he paid off a huge amount of money to gordon taylor who was a trade unionist who had his phone hacked. james has made it clear that he regards that as an error on his part and he much regrets it. >> reporter: if it's found that james murdoch knew more, smith says shareholders, board members may force his father's hand. >> if they were to really demand that james no longer be the heir, that he change the way the company is structured. he would have to listen to them. >> reporter: there are other reports that independent board membersover newspaper corporation are going even further questioning wh
paul stevenson and john yates have resigned over their handling of the scandal. there was eddy colson out as prime minister david cameron spokesman this year, arrested earlier this month. last hint in chief checktive of dow jones and publisher of the wall street journal is gone. news of the world has been shut down. many observers say john murdoch, is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's prints can be found. >> james murdoch has made it clear he paid off a...
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john yates is a professional police officer. he has admitted that he had a lesser judgment tw years ago. -- two years ago. it depends why he made the decision. if he made it on operational grounds, fair enough. for any other reason, he should step down. >> thank you. >> the british house of commons will investigate illegal phone hacking allegations by rupert murdoch's news corp. there will question police officials about investigations the several police officers to bribes for providing information that was used by reporters. live coverage from london begins at 6:30 a.m. eastern on c-span to. now, remarks from ed miliband on the news corp. bid to buy a majority of bskyb. he spoke to reporters for 30 minutes. >> good morning. six days as the revelation about the hacking of a phone, we have seen dramatic events like the closure of the news of the world than further arrests. above all, we know that people in this country want to see real change to ensure that abusive things never happen again. the talk is how to focus on what matte
john yates is a professional police officer. he has admitted that he had a lesser judgment tw years ago. -- two years ago. it depends why he made the decision. if he made it on operational grounds, fair enough. for any other reason, he should step down. >> thank you. >> the british house of commons will investigate illegal phone hacking allegations by rupert murdoch's news corp. there will question police officials about investigations the several police officers to bribes for...
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sir paul stephenson, the police chief, and his deputy, john yates, career policemen who are the latest casualties in the phone hacking scandal. scotland yard is being accused of mishandling the investigation into "news of the world qug, maintaining at times close relationships with the very people they were supposed to be investigating. police officers accepting bribes from reporters has allegedly been commonplace. stephenson and yates deny any wrong doing on their part. >> i have acted with complete integrity and my conscience is clear. >> now the department tasked with counterterrorism and the 2012 olympics must find new leadership. what started as a scandal involving a single newspaper has now grown so large, it is rocking this country's institutions and the murdoch empire. so far, there has been four high profile resignations, ten arrests. most recently, rebecca brooks, one of rupert murdoch's most trusted executives. she resigned and was arrested two days later brooks, who denies any wrongdoing, has been a power broker for over a decade in this country. >> somebody with huge charm
sir paul stephenson, the police chief, and his deputy, john yates, career policemen who are the latest casualties in the phone hacking scandal. scotland yard is being accused of mishandling the investigation into "news of the world qug, maintaining at times close relationships with the very people they were supposed to be investigating. police officers accepting bribes from reporters has allegedly been commonplace. stephenson and yates deny any wrong doing on their part. >> i have...
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i think john yates is doing a good job at counter-terrorism. he got some questions to answer about what went wrong with the initial investigation and i hope he will welcome this inquiry that will get to the bottom of what went wrong. >> in the light of the pressure of this inquiry it seems likely that serving police officers will go on sick leave. will the prime minister guarantee under no circumstances will the taxpayer be asked to fund any pension of any police officer either serving or retired is bound to be corrupt which is the final insult. >> i will have to look at the deck of the hon. lady makes. it sounds sensible to obey the rules of the pension schemes and all the rest of it. peoples of not be rewarded in the way she says. >> you speak about the regulation. can i ask the inquiry to think about possible remedies specifically the remedies that are found to be on the floor but secondly more importantly, equal amount of time and space is given for printing of attraction and much is spent to vilify people. >> the honorable lady makes a goo
i think john yates is doing a good job at counter-terrorism. he got some questions to answer about what went wrong with the initial investigation and i hope he will welcome this inquiry that will get to the bottom of what went wrong. >> in the light of the pressure of this inquiry it seems likely that serving police officers will go on sick leave. will the prime minister guarantee under no circumstances will the taxpayer be asked to fund any pension of any police officer either serving or...
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john yates is being criticized for in 2009 not continuing to pursue an investigation into the phone hacking. all of this comes while their department continues to make arrests. on sunday they arrested rebekah brooks, i high-level trusted executive of rupert murdoch. her lawyer today said that this arrest took her by surprise, that she is not -- that she says she is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing and that they held her for nine hours yesterday without presenting her with formal allegations or with actual evidence of any wrongdoing. richard. >> all right, thank you, stephanie. nbc's stephanie gosk with the latest on that. news corp published two full-page ads in the british press this weekend, including an apology from rupert murdoch. here's part of the second ad. saying, quote, apologizing for our mistakes and fixing them are only first steps. it may take some time for us to rebuild trust, end quote. let's bring in nbc news national investigative correspondent, michael isikoff. michael, good morning to you. how big of a threat is this in the news of news corp and this scandal? >> it's
john yates is being criticized for in 2009 not continuing to pursue an investigation into the phone hacking. all of this comes while their department continues to make arrests. on sunday they arrested rebekah brooks, i high-level trusted executive of rupert murdoch. her lawyer today said that this arrest took her by surprise, that she is not -- that she says she is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing and that they held her for nine hours yesterday without presenting her with formal...
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. >> i regret to say i have just come off the phone john yates, who tendered his resignation. >> boras johnson said both men had jumped and were not pushed. but he made it clear he had done everything he could to encourage them. >> it is a concatenation of issues and questions. it is going to make it very difficult for them to continue to do their jobs in the way they wanted. >> yates began the day determined not to resign, telling colleagues he would not submit to trial by media. he ended it explaining why he was going. >> we in the police service are truly accountable. those of us to take on the most difficult jobs clearly have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate, ill informed, and on occasion downright malicious gossip being published about me personally. this has the potential to be a significant distraction from my current role as the national league for counter-terrorism. >> this is the man whose arrest caused a crisis at the met. his hiring was to help improve their public relations. it emerged his daughter wo
. >> i regret to say i have just come off the phone john yates, who tendered his resignation. >> boras johnson said both men had jumped and were not pushed. but he made it clear he had done everything he could to encourage them. >> it is a concatenation of issues and questions. it is going to make it very difficult for them to continue to do their jobs in the way they wanted. >> yates began the day determined not to resign, telling colleagues he would not submit to trial...
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just minutes ago, the assistant police commissioner, john yates resigned. this follows the resignation of scotland yard's top official this weekend and the arrest of one of murdoch's closest associates. nbc's stephanie gosk is live in london. stephanie, when you hear about all of these resignations. some in government, some in news corp, it draws the picture of what was apparently a very tight-knit, closed circle between the government and the media in london. does it not? >> reporter: well, yeah, it does, chuck. this story started off about phone hacking and it very quickly has become a story about influence. this has really been an amazing 24 hours here. you have two high-level officials from scotland yard. the chief of police, sir paul stephenson, and his deputy, john yates, resigning. and then on top of that, his organization, his department, arrests a top executive at news corp, a trusted executive, rebekah brooks, who has been a lightning rod in this scandal. now, yates and stephenson have resigned over the connection scotland yard or actually the all
just minutes ago, the assistant police commissioner, john yates resigned. this follows the resignation of scotland yard's top official this weekend and the arrest of one of murdoch's closest associates. nbc's stephanie gosk is live in london. stephanie, when you hear about all of these resignations. some in government, some in news corp, it draws the picture of what was apparently a very tight-knit, closed circle between the government and the media in london. does it not? >> reporter:...
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assistant commissioner john yates decided not to reopen an investigation two years ago, into allegations journalists at the news of the world were listening in on voice mails. his resignation comes on the heels of london's police chief stepping down sunday. >> britain's prime minister is calling for an emergency session of parliament, to deal with the crisis. he is also cutting his trip to south africa short, as he tries to reassure the public the investigation will be fair. >> the metropolitan police service inquiry must go wherever the evidence leads. they should investigate without fear or favor. >> reporter: britain's serious fraud office could be next to launch a probe into the phone hacking allegations. the government anti-fraud agency is also ready to help u.s. authorities who were looking into whether 9/11 families were hacking victims. rupert murdoch, his son james and murdoch's former british ceo rebecca brooks will likely face punishing questions from lawmakers when this he appear before parliament tuesday. brooks was arrested over the weekend. and released on bail. she spent
assistant commissioner john yates decided not to reopen an investigation two years ago, into allegations journalists at the news of the world were listening in on voice mails. his resignation comes on the heels of london's police chief stepping down sunday. >> britain's prime minister is calling for an emergency session of parliament, to deal with the crisis. he is also cutting his trip to south africa short, as he tries to reassure the public the investigation will be fair. >> the...
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another resignation, this time assistant commissioner john yates has stood down just less than 24 hours after his boss sir paul stevenson quit. he's the most senior policeman in britain. the scandal just keeps getting bigger and bigger, everyone wondering who is going to go next. >> reporter: i'm brianna keilar from the white house. we're two weeks from when the u.s. will default on loan obligations and no deal between the white house and congressional leaders. i'll have the latest at the top of the hour. >> reporter: i'm ted rollins in minneapolis where record temperatures are making life pretty miserable for people here and for people across a huge section of the united states. we'll talk heat coming up at the top of the hour. >>> after yesterday's loss in the women's world cup, hearts were pretty broken all over the u.s., but maybe you can take some solace in japan's win. they needed a little good news. we'll take a look at that next hour. major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family? ♪ we added aflac, so we get
another resignation, this time assistant commissioner john yates has stood down just less than 24 hours after his boss sir paul stevenson quit. he's the most senior policeman in britain. the scandal just keeps getting bigger and bigger, everyone wondering who is going to go next. >> reporter: i'm brianna keilar from the white house. we're two weeks from when the u.s. will default on loan obligations and no deal between the white house and congressional leaders. i'll have the latest at the...
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top officials paul stephenson and john yates have resigned. andy coulson is out as prime minister's spokesman this year arrested earlier this month. and les hinton is gone. now that rebekah brooks has resigned and been arrested, many observers say james murdoch, chairman and ceo of news corp divisions in europe and asia is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's fingerprints can be found. >> he made it clear that he paid off a huge amount of money to gordon taylor who had his phone hacked and james murdoch made it clear now that he regards that as an error on his part. >> reporter: if it's found that james murdoch knew more about hacking than revealed so far, shareholders and board members may force his father's hand. >> that he change the way the company is structured to stop james from taking over, he would have to listen. >> reporter: other reports that independent board members are going further replacing james murdoch all together. a member of that board called those reports total crap. brian todd, cnn, washingt
top officials paul stephenson and john yates have resigned. andy coulson is out as prime minister's spokesman this year arrested earlier this month. and les hinton is gone. now that rebekah brooks has resigned and been arrested, many observers say james murdoch, chairman and ceo of news corp divisions in europe and asia is on the firing line. it may come down to where else james murdoch's fingerprints can be found. >> he made it clear that he paid off a huge amount of money to gordon...
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. >> reporter: ever since that scandal exploded john yates, head of scotland yard's anti- terrorism unit has been a marked man. he decided in 2009 not to reopen a police investigation into illegal phone hacking at the "news of the world" even though for four years several large bags of evidence had been sitting, ignored, in a police lockup. inside, the names of four thousand people who it turned out may have had their phone tapped. today yates quit, but not quietly. >> i have acted with complete integrity, and my conscience is clear. >> reporter: but at this point, that's not enough. public confidence has been so damaged that even a hint of coverup or collusion is a career-ender. that's what cost yates' boss his job on sunday. sir paul stephenson wasn't personally suspected of wrongdoing but on his watch of chief a former "news of the world" editor, neil wallis, was hired as a p.r. consultant to the police force. last week, wallis was arrested in connection with phone hacking. >> i have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallis' phone hacking. le
. >> reporter: ever since that scandal exploded john yates, head of scotland yard's anti- terrorism unit has been a marked man. he decided in 2009 not to reopen a police investigation into illegal phone hacking at the "news of the world" even though for four years several large bags of evidence had been sitting, ignored, in a police lockup. inside, the names of four thousand people who it turned out may have had their phone tapped. today yates quit, but not quietly. >> i...
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yates and it also. names andy hayman two senior people involved in this whole fine cracking case. at least potentially anyway corrupt police officers that paul condon was trying to get rid of now it seems that we've got a kind of culture of impunity in scotland yard and combine this with the really criminal activities news international this is absolutely astounding and this is what this judicial inquiry is going to have to dig out and the sooner the better indeed a very murky indeed if you say a culture of impunity let's start our attention to another high profile case to do with the disclosure of information of course the extradition of the wiki leaks founder julian assange what's your take on the sex assault charges filed against him in sweden of energy. well let's not forget that actually asserted it still hasn't been properly charged with any crime in sweden this is the crazy thing about this entire case they want to extradite him for questioning but he hasn't been properly charged and it seems tha
yates and it also. names andy hayman two senior people involved in this whole fine cracking case. at least potentially anyway corrupt police officers that paul condon was trying to get rid of now it seems that we've got a kind of culture of impunity in scotland yard and combine this with the really criminal activities news international this is absolutely astounding and this is what this judicial inquiry is going to have to dig out and the sooner the better indeed a very murky indeed if you say...
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his assistant commissioner john yates resigned today. the initial investigation into the scandal was botched. >>> rupert murdock, james murdock and rebecca brooks were all scheduled to testify before parliament tomorrow morning. cnn will cover their testimony live. >>> and it's time now for a cnn political update and someone else is set to take the republican pledge in the deficit debate. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joining us from washington. who's signing on now? >> michele bachmann for minnesota, she becames the latest of these republican candidates to do this, just about all of them have signed this pledge. she's going to sign them in south carolina, and that's the first southern primary to vote and it's also the home of the mastermind behind this cut, cap and balance pledge. let's look closely at what it's all about. cut calls for cutting a substantial amount of spending into bring down $1.5 trillion in that deficit. cap the government spending at 18%. right now it's at 24%. and balance, that is to pass a balanced
his assistant commissioner john yates resigned today. the initial investigation into the scandal was botched. >>> rupert murdock, james murdock and rebecca brooks were all scheduled to testify before parliament tomorrow morning. cnn will cover their testimony live. >>> and it's time now for a cnn political update and someone else is set to take the republican pledge in the deficit debate. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joining us from washington. who's signing...
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yates the assistant commissioner was also on his way now at the request of certain members of congress eric holder and the justice department have now launched an investigation into whether or not victims of nine eleven had also been hacked and bloomberg reported today that news corp's independent directors have begun it questioning the company's response to the crisis and whether a leadership change is needed they cited unnamed sources there so is it time to start questioning if murdoch's time as a media moguls coming to an end and is this the scandal of the left has been waiting for joining me to discuss it is katrina vanden you will editor and publisher of the nation magazine katrina thanks so much for joining us tonight it's been a while since we've had you on the program now what do you think is murdoch is he going to step down is he going to be forced to is there any way they continue on can continue on his head here. well what we do know all you want to me just say this is not just a scandal that the left sabers this is a scandal that should worry any citizen of any country who
yates the assistant commissioner was also on his way now at the request of certain members of congress eric holder and the justice department have now launched an investigation into whether or not victims of nine eleven had also been hacked and bloomberg reported today that news corp's independent directors have begun it questioning the company's response to the crisis and whether a leadership change is needed they cited unnamed sources there so is it time to start questioning if murdoch's time...
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yates was scoping his inquiry and just days after john yates sent his email to the prime minister's chief of staff that any inquiry and any allegations were codswalloped and not worthy of investigation. >> what i'd make it's quite clear that police have operational independence because they have pursued without fear or favor these issues and they have arrested everyone they thought is necessary to arrest. and what's interesting is that i think that operational independence is so embedded into the psyche of british policing that when you have -- whether it's the mayor of london or whether you have police commissioners i don't think it will interfere with that. finally, mr. speaker, in this debate, let us not lose sight of the big picture. the people who send us here want some pretty straightforward things. they want their media free and punchy but they want them within the law. they want their police independent and strong but honest and incorruptible. and they want their politicians to sort out a mess that has socked their faith in the key institutions in our country. we should be c
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he worked closely with police commissioner john yates. it has emerged that paul stevenson, the former met commissioner, accepted thousands of palin of free hospitality. the commission denied any and propriety. -- impropriety. that was not enough to save them. the commissioner resigned four hours ago. >> what was the commissioner of the police accepting high level, expensive gifts? all somali, the police should be putting themselves out of reach of any such allegation or inference. a think it was incredibly naive. >> what i find odd is they have yet to find any outside people with publicity when the hat camp. it almost beggars belief that he would need additional support. >> a slew of new inquiries have followed. questions of whether the media has had undue influence over the police, and there will be a police commission report into the affair. the iccp will examine the behavior of stephenson. involvement in an appropriately securing employment for the daughter of our friend. and the investigation of two other individuals and there part in
he worked closely with police commissioner john yates. it has emerged that paul stevenson, the former met commissioner, accepted thousands of palin of free hospitality. the commission denied any and propriety. -- impropriety. that was not enough to save them. the commissioner resigned four hours ago. >> what was the commissioner of the police accepting high level, expensive gifts? all somali, the police should be putting themselves out of reach of any such allegation or inference. a think...
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a lot of pressure on one senior policeman, john yates, therefore, top pleasure on the top policemen. rupert and james murdoch are hounded in the people behind the building me to come and appear and justify what happened in their newspapers. james murdoch saying he can't make the date. rupert saying he doesn't want to turn up. this morning, a summons was issued to both men, trying to force them to come along. a sensational turn of events here. rupert murdoch has gone from being admired and cozied up to by political parties on all sides so now being effectively summoned to appear, almost like a criminal. >> we will be following it closely. dan rivers, thanks so much. >>> back here in the united states, rudy giuliani, remember that name? yeah. he may possibly be giving another run to the white house. deputy political director paul steinhauser is joining us. >> reporter: he will be sounding and looking like a presidential candidate today talking to a new hampshire women's group. that's what you do when you're running for president. i asked one of rudrudy's advise they say nothing has cha
a lot of pressure on one senior policeman, john yates, therefore, top pleasure on the top policemen. rupert and james murdoch are hounded in the people behind the building me to come and appear and justify what happened in their newspapers. james murdoch saying he can't make the date. rupert saying he doesn't want to turn up. this morning, a summons was issued to both men, trying to force them to come along. a sensational turn of events here. rupert murdoch has gone from being admired and...
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in the hot seat the deputy head of london's police force, john yates, who in 2009 refused to reopen an investigation into the news of the world. a decision he now admits was wrong. >> i would have made different decisions. >> reporter: yesterday "the guardian" newspaper reported there was evidence "the news of the world" had tried to buy a confidential list of the royal familiar lip's phone numbers from some of the police officers detailed to protect them. and that police were selling information on the royal's movements. new allegations now widely reported suggest there were dirty tricks going on not just at the "news of the world" but also at "the sun" and "the sunday times," both owned by rupert murdoch. former prime minister gordon brown believes some of his bank account details were illegally obtained by the "sunday times." >> "the sunday times" appear to have got access to my account. they got access to my legal files. but i'm shocked. i'm generally shocked to find that this happened because of the leads. >> reporter: he was shattered to learn that the sun was going public with t
in the hot seat the deputy head of london's police force, john yates, who in 2009 refused to reopen an investigation into the news of the world. a decision he now admits was wrong. >> i would have made different decisions. >> reporter: yesterday "the guardian" newspaper reported there was evidence "the news of the world" had tried to buy a confidential list of the royal familiar lip's phone numbers from some of the police officers detailed to protect them. and...
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assistant commissioner john yates said he regretted his decision to not pursue inquiries of breaches back in 2009. nina? >> pauline, police carrying out the current inquiry at the moment are saying they're examining thousands of pages of evidence as a result. we should also mention that only 170 people have actually been told that they have been targeted during this alleged hacking. that's just a fraction of what may be the real total. that's today's big number we're focusing on at the moment. 3,870, that's the total number of possible hacking victims whose details were found in those notes seized by a private investigator working for news international. he was jailed back in 2007 after he admitted phone hacking when he was employed by the news of the world, he admitted he undertook phone hacking. as a result he was jailed for six months. again, we're getting the names of the people, pauline, saying they've been targeted. so far the number, many say, could be even bigger than what's come out so far. >> this scandal, nina, is not just contained to the uk. on the other side of the atla
assistant commissioner john yates said he regretted his decision to not pursue inquiries of breaches back in 2009. nina? >> pauline, police carrying out the current inquiry at the moment are saying they're examining thousands of pages of evidence as a result. we should also mention that only 170 people have actually been told that they have been targeted during this alleged hacking. that's just a fraction of what may be the real total. that's today's big number we're focusing on at the...
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assistant police commissioner john yates resigned today, following criticism of his refusal to reopen the phone hacking investigation in 2009. yates is reported to have spent eight hours reviewing 11,000 pages of evidence. his resignation came as a former "news of the world" employee was employed by scotland yard while alex was also employed by police as a ukraine interpreter between 1980 and 2000. yesterday it was revealed that former "news of the world" executive neal wallace worked as a public relations advisor to the police department. that news forced britain's top cop to announce his resignation as police commissioner. former news international ceo rebekah brooks made more news today when detectives found a computer, paperwork, and a phone in a trash bin near her home. her husband claims a cleaner must have mistaken it for trash and put it in a bin. rebekah brooks was arrested and questioned for nine hours sunday, but no charges have been filed as of yet. brooks, who resigned from her post friday is also scheduled to testify with murdoch and his son james before parliament. and
assistant police commissioner john yates resigned today, following criticism of his refusal to reopen the phone hacking investigation in 2009. yates is reported to have spent eight hours reviewing 11,000 pages of evidence. his resignation came as a former "news of the world" employee was employed by scotland yard while alex was also employed by police as a ukraine interpreter between 1980 and 2000. yesterday it was revealed that former "news of the world" executive neal...
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on monday, commissioner john yates also resigned. i want to express my gratitude for the work he has done, especially in improving our response to terrorism. given the sudden departure to two such senior members, there pluft be confidence in that policing. i ask the home secretary and mayor of london to ensure that the responsibilities of the met will continue seamlessly. tim godwin who stood in when he was well will shortly do so again. the vital terrorism job will be taken on by the highly experienced -- the responsibilities of the debt commissioner i which the house will remember, includes general oversight of the vital investigations both into hacking and into the police, operations will not be done by someone inside the met, but instead by bernard who will join temporarily from her majesty. we are also looking to speed up the process for selecting and appointing the next commissioner. we cannot hope a change in personnel at the top is enough. the simple fact is that the whole affair raises huge issues about the ethics and practi
on monday, commissioner john yates also resigned. i want to express my gratitude for the work he has done, especially in improving our response to terrorism. given the sudden departure to two such senior members, there pluft be confidence in that policing. i ask the home secretary and mayor of london to ensure that the responsibilities of the met will continue seamlessly. tim godwin who stood in when he was well will shortly do so again. the vital terrorism job will be taken on by the highly...
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yates less than 24 hours after his boss sit down, and both say their integrity is intact but they needed to step aside to allow the force to go about their work. the former head of murdoch's organization was questioned yesterday and arrested and lawyers want answers. >>guest: she is not guilty of any criminal offense. the position of the metropolitan police is less easy to understand. >>reporter: finally, murdoch, his son, james and brooks will all appear before a parliamentary committee tomorrow to answer questions about phone hacking. fox will be providing quite extensive live coverage of that event and on wednesday there is an emergency session of congress called. that is to address the issue of phone hacking in the greater scandal that has engulfed this nation. >>stuart: thank you, amy, from london. the president calling business leaders to the white house today asking them to pony up for his >>guest: program. my guest on that is next. theser with software that has the ability to save your life. that's magical software. [ male announcer ] the innovation, the engineering of mercedes-b
yates less than 24 hours after his boss sit down, and both say their integrity is intact but they needed to step aside to allow the force to go about their work. the former head of murdoch's organization was questioned yesterday and arrested and lawyers want answers. >>guest: she is not guilty of any criminal offense. the position of the metropolitan police is less easy to understand. >>reporter: finally, murdoch, his son, james and brooks will all appear before a parliamentary...